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"Ford Econoline" off of
Lone Star State of Mind, MCA records
Nanci Griffith
CAPO ON 2
Verse 1
C C
She drove west from Salt Lake City to the California coastline
C C G
She hit the San Diego Freeway doing sixty miles an hour
C
She had a husband on her bumper
C
She had five restless children
C C G C
She was singing sweet as a mockingbird in that Ford Econoline
Chorus:
F C
She's salt of the earth
G C
Straight from the bosom of the Mormon church
F C
With a voice like wine
G Bb
Cruising along in that Ford Econoline
Verse 2
C C
Now her husband was a gambler, he was a Salt Lake City rounder
C C C G
He built a golden cage around his silver throated wife
C C
Too many nights he left her crying with his cheating and lying
C C G C
But his big mistake was in buying her that Ford Econoline
Chorus
Instrumental Solo
Chorus
Verse 3
C
Now she sings her songs around this country
C
From Seattle to Montgomery
C C
Those kids are grown and that rounder knows
C C G
You can not cage your wife
C
All on the back roads of our nation
C
She's become a living ledgend
C C
She drives a Coup DeVille but her heart rides still
G C
In that Ford Econoline
C C
She drives a Coup DeVille but her heart rides still
G C
In that Ford Econoline
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F 003211
G 320003
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